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MICHAEL ALLEN LYLES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1947 – August 16, 1965
Service recordMichael Allen Lyles, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 53
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 4, 1947
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1965; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 53
- NORMAN EDWARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD SURWALDFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.